ICONES PLANTAKUM. 35 



Plate 1443. . 



OSYEIDOCARPOS SCHIMPERIANUS, A. DO. 



Santalace^. 



0. Schimperianus, A. Becand. Trodr. xiv. 635; frntox diffnsus 

 glaber; ramulis virgatis costatis, foUis ovalibus lanceolatiRve sospe 

 acummatis, floribns breviter pedicellatis, porianthio 5-costato, tiibo 

 basi inter costas obscure verrucoso, fructii obovoidco v. subgloboso, 

 pericarpio carnosulo. 



Hab. Abyssinia, Scli{mper\ Zambesia, Sir J. Kirk (1859). 



Folia subcoriacea trinervia basi in petiolnm angustata, |-2 poll, 

 longa, l-| poll. lata. Flores axillares v. in raceruis terminalibiis 

 bracteatis dispositi ^ poll, longi, solitarii bini v. terni, glabriv. obscure 

 paberuli, Frtictus ^ poll. diam. tubo periantliii persistente coronatas. 

 Semen .... 



I believe the Soutb African and Natal plant (0. natalemis, A. DC.) 

 is not specifically different from tbe above. Dr. Burclieirs C.^pe 

 specimens correspond vv^ith tropical African onep, and the presence and 

 prominence of the fleshy tubercles on the base of the perianth-tube 

 afford no constant distinction.— D. Oliver, 



Fig. 1. Flower and pedicels of two lateral flo^\'Grs, fallen. 2. Peri:mth-tube laid 

 opeu. 3. Inferior ovary and style. 4. Ovary laid open, showing the twisted 

 placenta bearing 3 or 4 ovules. All enlarged. 



Plate 1444. 



WIGHTIA BOEK^EENSIS, Hooh. f. 



ScROPHCLARiNEj;, Tribe Chelonej:. 



W. borneensis, Hooh, f. ( 



lolns petiolatis elUpticis obtnse acuminatls, inflorescentia tota tomen- 

 tella, calyce bemispherico margine integerrimo. 



Hab 



LoU (185/) 



Arhor 20.pedalis. Folia 3-4 poll longa/ coriacca in pctiolum 

 ^-iTigustata, sicca brunnca, nervis ntrinqnc 2-3, petiolo ^.poliicari. 



